Friday, 29 December 2017

DRUG DISCOVERY METHODS FOR CHRONIC LYME DISEASE

“Our goal is to find alternatives to antibiotics to treat Lyme disease, which is caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium, and illnesses that arise from the Bartonella pathogen,” said Neil Spector, M.D., the Sandra Coates Associate Professor Breast Cancer Research at Duke Cancer Institute and the study’s co-principal investigator.
“We’re hoping to move from isolating targets to identifying potential drugs to testing in animal models within three years – so a very aggressive timeline,” said Spector, who was a Lyme patient himself and nearly died from complications of disease. “Our goal is to identify drugs that will target the Achilles’ heel of these pathogens while sparing the normal gut microbiome.”

Lyme Study Uses Drug Discovery Methods That Have Fueled Cancer Breakthroughs

Labs at Duke and other academic centers collaborate to identify alternatives to antibiotics



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